Anti-Putin rap, Sarajevo snipers and captive penguins

Smoking in the Maldives, rap in the UK and elderly whales

Bacon, a Dutch standoff and the art of living well

Fusion, frog protests and fashion

Russian energy, parasocial relationships and bullfighting

Egg warning, Saudi jokes and slop

Moldova, Blair and Brollywood

Anti-trans ideology and Anglicans

Discord in Nepal, panspermia and Owain Glyndwr

The other ‘comfort women’, a racing strike and leg-stretching surgery

Channel 4, drugs in Scotland and fertility

Demining Ukraine, reviving Baltimore and unleashing first ladies

The Pope's flatmates, the world remapped and seagulls

Peace prizes, Russia's economy and pickles

A submarine stream, Morecambe FC and endangered jobs

Climate law, a $2bn game and virtual models

Ukrainian corruption, Unesco and rental bikes

Politicised science, abortion law and the rise of Ro Khanna

Juryless trials, NDAs and the Craic Pack

Female conscription, ID cards and injuries